Experienced hotel manager Spiridon Sarantopoulos will be departing from Königswinter near Bonn to make the journey south to Swabia, where he will be formally installed as Director of the Deluxe Hotel Steigenberger Graf Zeppelin in Stuttgart on 1. January 2012. The hotel which Sarantopoulos will be taking over has recently undergone extensive renovations and has secured a position as the leading hotel in Stuttgart as well as earning a reputation for being one of the very best establishments in the whole of Germany. The gourmet restaurant Olivo has been the proud bearer of a Michelin Star for 13 years and is one of the city's top gourmet locations.

Following his move to Stuttgart, Munich born Spiridon Sarantopoulos will retain management responsibility at the Steigenberger Grandhotel Petersberg in Königswinter. His stint here was preceded by three years at the helm of the Grand Hotel Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof, and Sarantopoulos has achieved a successful market position for both the Grand Hotels he has managed.

Arco Buijs, CEO of Steigenberger Hotels AG in Frankfurt am Main, strikes a confident note. "Stuttgart is a crucial market, and the wealth of top hotel management experience Spiridon Sarantopoulos brings to the table will enable him to continue to achieve the very highest levels of performance at the Steigenberger Graf Zeppelin".

In Stuttgart, Sarantopoulos will be taking over the position previously held by Bernd A. Zängle, who is moving to the Steigenberger Hotel Hamburg.

Steigenberger Hotels AG: Steigenberger Hotels AG is one of Europe's leading hotel groups. The company's Head Office is located in Frankfurt am Main, and it operates 79 hotels in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Egypt. The umbrella brand Steigenberger Hotel Group includes the two brands Steigenberger Hotels and Resorts (47 individual First Class and Deluxe Hotels) and InterCityHotel (32 hotels in the upper mid-range category located in the direct vicinity of transport hubs such as railway stations and airports).